Here are also reported latest
updates on cruise law news related to ashore and shipboard crimes still investigated by the police.
Among those could be arrests, filed lawsuits against the shipowner / cruise line company, charges and fines,
grievances, settled / withdrawn legal actions, lost cases, etc.

ship collision – 2014 (with a water tanker in Naples Italy)

deaths – overboard (2010), 2013 (crew), 2016 (crew)

Date

Accident

19 November 2016

Crew / Passenger Deaths

(overboard) On November 19, 2016, a 26-years-old male crew was reported missing (presumably overboard). The man (Savio Rasquinha, of Indian origin) worked on the ship as cabin steward since September 12, 2016. He disappeared at sea, while the ship was en-route from China to Japan, and near Nagasaki.

15 July 2014

Ship Collision / Allision

On July 15, 2014, the cruise vessel collided with the water tanker Stella Di Lipari (1500 GT tons). The collision incident occurred in call port Naples Italy, and caused a minor hull damage to the Costa ship. The small tanker ship, however, sustained a serious tear in its superstructure (~10 x 3 ft / 3 x 1 m, near Navigation Bridge starboard). No injuries were reported. The cruise ship continued to the itinerary’s next call port Palma de Mallorca (arriving on July 17).

17 January 2013

Crew / Passenger Deaths

On January 17, 2013, a 47-year-old male crew died on the ship after falling into the ventilation shaft of one of the diesel engines. The man (of Indonesian origin) worked on the ship as mechanic, and was doing maintenance works.

He was reported missing by co-workers. When the chief engineer searched the engine room, he found the body lifeless in the vertical shaft. The accident occurred on a South American cruise, while the vessel was off Argentina’s coast and en-route from Buenos Aires to Angra Ries (Brazil).

27 February 2010

Crew / Passenger Deaths

(overboard) On February 27, 2010, a 34-year-old male passenger fell overboard. The man (of French origin) was reported missing by his father. The accident occurred in the Atlantic Ocean, while the ship was en-route from Tenerife Canaries to Malaga Spain.

In 2009, the cruise vessel and its crew were featured in the NatGeo’s 6-episode series titled “Cruise Ship Diaries”.

19 May 2007

Other Incidents

On May 19, 2007, the vessel was christened at Port Marseille France, with a grandeous fireworks show. Simultaneously, Costa Crociere held a virtual inauguration ceremony in the Second Life. This is the Linden Lab’s online virtual world, where the users (“residents”) via avatars (virtual selves) interact with each other, use objects or visit virtual places – like new Costa cruise ships.